Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

Chapter 284 Beast Peak

On Wanfa Peak.

Wang Ba was stunned when he heard this.

He looked at the boy in white with a delicate face but a cold expression in mid-air in a daze.

"Master, have you been dismissed?"

He didn't know if there was any position with a higher salary than that of a country's guard, but if you did nothing for a year, you could get two thousand merit points. With such a salary, there shouldn't be many positions that could compare with it.

But I don’t know why.

At this moment, Yao Wudi's figure instantly flew out of the house, flying up towards the boy in white.

Seeing the other party, even a figure like Yao Wudi did not dare to show any expression on his face. The strong wind blew his robes, and he bowed slightly to the boy:

"Yao Wudi has met Patriarch Yuyang."

"Ancestor?!"

Wang Hao was shocked.

To be able to call him this, the seniority of this boy in white...

The boy in white had no expression on his face and said in a calm tone:

"Give me the guard order."

His voice was childish, but his tone was old-fashioned.

What surprised Wang Ba was that there was no hesitation on Yao Wudi's face. He raised his hand, and a token exuding a mysterious aura emerged from his palm, and immediately flew directly in front of the boy in white.

The boy in white tied his sleeves and did not take over, letting the tokens circulate around him.

Eyes without any emotion looked at Yao Wudi:

"besides."

Yao Wudi was stunned for a moment, but then he thought of something, raised his hand, and a golden chain quietly formed and flew towards the boy in white.

The golden chain fell on the side of the boy in white and started to circulate around him like a token.

The boy in white nodded slightly, glanced at Yao Wudi, and then whispered:

"The way of all laws is to seize the creation of heaven and earth. This way is fighting and taking over!"

"You, take care of yourself."

After saying that, without any movement, the boy in white disappeared in an instant.

Yao Wudi was left standing there slightly stunned, seemingly touched.

Only then did Wang Hao react and quickly flew forward.

"Master."

"Yes, good disciple."

Yao Wudi came back to his senses, looked at Wang Hao, and realized that the Wanfa Mother Qi in Wang Hao's body was much better than yesterday, and he suddenly smiled.

"Master, that person just now was..."

Wang Hao hesitated for a moment and did not directly ask about the position. Instead, he asked about the boy in white.

"The Patriarch Yuyang was transformed into the true spirit of the three generations of sect masters' magic weapon to protect the Tao."

Yao Wudi explained.

"The true magic weapon?"

"Could it be...the fifth level?!"

Wang Hao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly showed a look of surprise.

Magical weapons are easy to find, but magic weapons are rare. Only those who have reached the fourth level can be called magic weapons.

It's just that although the fourth-level magic weapon has a spirit, it still needs to be cultivated bit by bit. The spiritual intelligence is at best like that of a human child, and it is difficult to exist apart from the original body.

The white-clothed boy just now was very excited, and his words and deeds were no different from ordinary people. He couldn't see any physical appearance, so it was obvious that he couldn't be the fourth level.

And if it is the sixth level, the possibility is not high. After all, the sixth level is already the level of refining the void and can ascend at any time. Although the Wanxiang Sect has many powerful people, it does not have the luxury of using a sixth-level monk as a messenger.

Yao Wudi nodded slightly, confirmed Wang Yan's guess, and said seriously:

"Grandmaster Yuyang has protected the sect for tens of thousands of years, and his merits are unfathomable. Now in the sect, I am afraid that only the sect master and the Palace of Supreme Harmony can drive him..."

Having said this, Yao Wudi couldn't help but look gloomy.

Wang Ba couldn't help but said: "Master, the duty of guarding the Chen Kingdom..."

Yao Wudi waved his hand and said as if he didn't care: "I'm tired of being there a long time ago, don't think too much about it."

Wang Hao suddenly became speechless.

Can you not think too much about this?

Even though he was blind, he could tell that someone from the upper echelons of the sect was targeting the master.

But since the old man didn't want to say more, he couldn't ask any more questions.

Yao Wudi noticed that the atmosphere was a little heavy, so he changed the topic with a smile and said:

"By the way, did you encounter any problems in the Spiritual Food Department? Although Cui Daqi doesn't have much ability and is a bit stingy, in terms of his character, you can absolutely rest assured. If anything happens, you can go to him. , don’t be embarrassed, and don’t think that since you entered the sect later, you don’t have the confidence..."

Wang Ba felt Yao Wudi's sincere concern, and his heart warmed slightly. He silently remembered Yao Wudi's words in his heart, and at the same time cooperated tacitly:

"Fortunately, the people in the spiritual food department are pretty good, and Minister Cui also takes good care of me."

"Well, that's good. Apart from the Spiritual Food Department, if you have any other problems, just tell your master. It's not my fault. Every Nascent Soul cultivator in the sect must give some face to your master and me when they see them. .”

Yao Wudi raised his head and took charge.

Wang Hao was about to say no, but his heart moved and he quickly asked:

"By the way, Master, I would like to ask, if I want to earn merit, is there any good way?"

Yao Wudi didn't take it seriously when he heard this: "Meritors? That's not very simple. Just borrow some from the brothers in each peak..."

"Borrow some?"

Wang Hao was slightly stunned. Can I still borrow my meritorious service?

"Then what if they... don't borrow it?"

Yao Wudi was delighted when he heard this:

"Don't want to borrow? That's easy to do! Then block the entrance of the peak every day. If he doesn't borrow, beat him to borrow! Of course, you can't just hit him casually, you have to find a way to make him hit you first. After you record it with magic If you fight back, he won't be able to give you anything until then, otherwise he will hand over the recording to Shaoyin Mountain..."

Wang Yan:?

This method...are you sure this is borrowed?

Yao Wudi said with great joy and excitement:

"My master tells you that blocking the entrance of the peak also requires skill, and it must be fair and aboveboard! Otherwise, some uncles will secretly teach you a lesson, so they must do it in front of everyone. When the beating is over, you can Ask for merit from others in private, don't ask for it in front of others, it's too jealous!"

"Back then, when your master and I were just building the foundation, we blocked Junior Brother Fang from the Yuantai Peak next to us. Haha, you don't even know how badly he was beaten by me at that time. Junior Brother Fang, he..."

Speaking of this, his face, which was originally full of smiles, suddenly became stunned.

a long time.

Yao Wudi exhaled slowly, with a look of nostalgia in his eyes:

"Counting on my fingers, Junior Brother Fang has been dead for almost two thousand years..."

"Practice, that's what it is."

"Sail against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat."

He immediately turned to look at Wang Hao and said seriously:

"You don't have to think too much about the meritorious service for the time being. I will take care of it. The first thing you need to care about right now is the Ten Thousand Methods and One Mind Skill, and secondly, the spiritual chef and beast mastering."

"The Ten Thousand Methods and One Intention Kung Fu is the foundation. You must not breathe a sigh of relief before you reach the golden elixir! You must first practice the mother energy of all methods, and then cultivate the way of the five elements...the way of spiritual chef and beast control, you can do it in the golden elixir. Afterwards, you'd better not give up on these two things, which are important to maintain the cost of practice... When the Spiritual Food Department takes a break this time, go to the Beast Peak and look for Qi Yan. I have already made an agreement with his master that you will learn from him how to control beasts when the time comes."

"Beast Peak? Qi Yan?"

Wang Yan was startled, and immediately thought of the gray-haired middle-aged man with a cold expression that he had seen on the third floor of Linglong Ghost Market before.

"By the way, there is also his apprentice, who seems to be named Mo Qi..."

The master and apprentice talked for a while.

Soon the sun was rising, and Wang Yan had to go to the Spiritual Food Department to continue refining spiritual food.

Wang Ba still refined one hundred copies at a time.

This time, with the help of some magic weapons from the Spiritual Food Department and the experience from last time, although Wang Yan was still very tired today, he was better than yesterday.

The high-intensity refining also had a vague effect on improving and purifying his mana. Wang Yan felt that he was getting closer and closer to the bottleneck in the middle stage of foundation building.

And I don’t know if it’s because more mana is consumed, but the mother energy of all powers seems to be devouring mana a little faster.

This was an unexpected surprise for Wang Yan.

After the refining was completed, Wang Yan, who had no more mana, also gave Tian Fu some pointers on his work.

It has to be said that people's talents are indeed different. Compared with Wang Ba who was able to refine a hundred spiritual foods with ease, Tian Fu only refined one portion, but it still took him a full hour to refine the purity. , only 90%.

Outside the Great Jin Dynasty, such a piece of spiritual food could already be sold for a good price, but in the Wanxiang Sect, it has not even reached the threshold of the Wanxiang Treasure House.

Wang Hao glanced at it and roughly understood what Tian Fu's problem was. After some pointers, Tian Fu's refining speed improved a lot. It only took less than half an hour to achieve results. It's a pity that the purity is still a little lacking.

"The heat, this is still a question of the heat. You can only rely on constant practice and your own feeling."

Wang Hao carefully analyzed his problem.

He could directly use the power of Yin Shen to imprint this feeling of fire into the soul of the other party.

But after all, this is only encouraging the growth.

For example, Jia Shiqi, apart from being able to refine spirit chicken essence, he knew nothing about spirit turtle essence.

This is because Wang Yan only imprinted his skills and insights into refining the essence of the spirit chicken, but did not imprint anything related to the spirit tortoise.

After teaching Tian Fu, and under the coaxing of Deacon Kong and several other deacons, Wang Yan gave the other monks practical instructions and explanations.

After that, he had nothing to do, so he simply ran to Cui Daqi on the second floor to borrow books.

Cui Daqi was quite pleased to see that Wang Ba was so interested in the way of spiritual food, but he still warned:

"After all, you didn't enter Taoism with spiritual food skills. The skills of Wan Dharma Lineage are your foundation. You can understand spiritual food, but don't waste too much time on irrelevant aspects."

Wang Hao could feel Cui Daqi's kindness and nodded repeatedly: "Uncle, don't worry, Wang Hao knows."

In his mind, he couldn't help but think of Yao Wuwei's evaluation of Cui Daqi. Wang Hao hesitated for a moment and then said:

"By the way, Uncle Master, you also know that I came from outside the Jin Dynasty and have mastered two spiritual food recipes. I want to supply them to the sect, but I am not sure whether they will overlap..."

What he was talking about was naturally the spirit chicken essence and spirit turtle essence.

The body of the spirit beast plus the corresponding treatment fluid, disposal methods, and refining methods are a complete spiritual food recipe.

"Spiritual food recipe?"

Cui Daqi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this:

"There are hundreds of thousands or millions of spiritual food prescriptions collected in the sect. Basically, everything you can think of or encounter is there."

"However, if you want to try it, you can also go directly to the Wanxiang Scripture Library. There is a true spirit of the Scripture Library there. You can try it directly."

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

When Wang Hao heard this, he suddenly lost confidence and said decisively: "Then, uncle, why don't you help me take a look..."

Cui Daqi said:

"You can show it to me, but I can't judge. There are too many prescriptions. Although there are very few that are valuable, even I don't know them all. I can only judge the value of this prescription. Geometry, but you can't be sure whether it has been included in the scripture library, so you can only go to the scripture library."

Wang Hao was slightly disappointed.

But since Cui Daqi was not very interested, he could only try the Wanxiang Sutra Library.

As the sky darkened, Wang Hao left the Spiritual Food Department and flew towards the east.

To the east is Shaoyang Mountain.

Because Shaoyang belongs to the dragon phase, the shape of Shaoyang Mountain is like a black dragon lying in the coils.

The location of the dragon's mouth is the whirlpool blocked by a stone gate.

The whirlpool is the entrance to the Wanxiang Sutra Library.

Wang Ba crossed the stone gate and flew into the Wanxiang Sutra Library.

Inside the scripture library is a tall tower with five floors.

There were monks coming in and out of the tower from time to time.

Wang Yan's cultivation and position can only enter the first two levels.

He flew directly into the second level.

As soon as I entered, I saw that the world in all directions suddenly changed, and everything was filled with books, jade slips and the like.

But there was no sign of anyone else.

Wang Ba had already been here before, so he didn't panic. With a thought in his mind, he shouted:

"The true spirit of the scripture library, please show up!"

In just the blink of an eye, a wordless book appeared in front of him, floating up and down gently, as if asking him what he wanted.

When Wang Ba saw this, he said respectfully:

"This junior wants to dedicate the spiritual food recipe to the sect, but I don't know if it is already in the scripture library."

The wordless book shook slightly, and a line of writing suddenly appeared on the page, with only four words:

"That's right."

Wang Ba did not move, but asked again: "If I tell you, will this recipe not be regarded as belonging to the younger generation?"

The wordless scroll suddenly shook slightly violently, as if angry at Wang Yan's distrust.

Soon, another line of writing appeared on the page, still only four words:

"believe it or not."

When Wang Ba saw this, he was slightly stunned, and then told him the recipe for the essence of the spiritual chicken.

Four more words soon appeared on the page:

"What kind of chicken is the spiritual chicken?"

"A first-class spiritual chicken bred from rare chickens as the female parent."

With a thought in his mind, Wang Ba took out one of the few first-level spirit chickens from the spirit beast bag.

From the wordless scroll, a ray of light suddenly shot out and fell on the first-order spiritual chicken.

Immediately, it shook slightly, and four words quickly appeared on the page:

"We already have it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the wordless scroll projected two prescriptions.

One is a spiritual food recipe using rare chicken as an ingredient. This recipe can be used in the first six levels of Qi refining.

One is a recipe using the first-level spiritual chicken as the material. This recipe can be used at most in the early stage of foundation building.

The two prescriptions are slightly different from Wang Yan in the configuration of the treatment liquid and the refining methods, but they can be regarded as the same prescription.

Moreover, these two recipes are even specially marked on them. The refined gel has the characteristics of replenishing the essence, blood and vitality, having some bottleneck-breaking effect, and providing a very small amount of soul power.

"There actually is..."

Wang Yan couldn't help but look disappointed. He was still quite confident in the recipe of Spiritual Chicken Essence. After all, there probably weren't many spiritual foods that could have a breakthrough effect.

Just thinking about it.

A line of writing suddenly appeared on the wordless scroll, but this time, the content that emerged was much more than before:

"A total of 256 prescriptions with similar effects were found in the scripture library. Among them, 176 are effective for refining Qi, 62 are effective for foundation building, and 62 are effective for foundation building. There are sixteen formulas that are effective for golden elixirs, two formulas that are effective for Yuanying, and none that are effective for transforming spirits."

"You can spend merit to unlock the formula, 2 merit points for the Qi Refining Formula, 5-20 merit points for the Foundation Establishment Formula, 50-180 merit points for the Golden Pill Formula, 300-1000 merit points for the Nascent Soul Formula..."

"In addition, there are a total of 39,562 prescriptions with similar single effects, among which..."

Wang Yan:......

It's because he has limited knowledge.

There are more than 200 prescriptions in the entire sutra library that have similar effects to the spirit chicken essence.

I won’t talk about the first-level ones, there are second-level and third-level prescriptions... Wait!

Wang Ba was suddenly startled.

He suddenly thought.

When the true spirit is projected, there are only recipes using rare chickens and first-level spiritual chickens as materials, but there is no recipe using second-level spiritual chickens as materials.

The treatment liquid corresponding to the second-level spiritual chicken is not the same as the treatment liquid for the first-level spiritual chicken. They can be regarded as two different recipes. In this way...

Wang Hao quickly explained in detail the formula for the treatment solution of the second-level spiritual chicken essence and the corresponding refining techniques.

This method was all discovered by him based on his own experience. Even the second-level spiritual chicken was cultivated by him through hard work. Logically speaking, there should not be the same recipe.

The wordless scroll shook slightly, but no words appeared immediately.

After a few breaths, four words appeared on the page:

"What kind of chicken is the spiritual chicken?"

Wang Ba quickly took out a second-order high-grade spiritual chicken.

The wordless scroll once again shot down a ray of light.

Soon, the light dissipated.

But this time, the wordless scroll moved much faster, and a line of words quickly appeared on the page:

"There is nothing in this library, it can be included."

When Wang Bao heard this, he immediately became energetic.

it works!

However, he did not nod in agreement. Instead, he used the blue water turtle as the material to make the turtle essence prescription, using the first-level and second-level recipes respectively.

As expected, since the Blue Water Spirit Turtle is a cross between a mutated yellow-throated stone turtle and a giant shield turtle, although there are countless prescriptions with similar effects in the library, these two prescriptions are still in the library. What it doesn’t have.

"Three brand new recipes!"

Wang Ba was excited.

Only then did he realize that the changes in the main ingredients in the spiritual food recipe could be regarded as a new recipe.

For example, the recipes using rare chickens and first-level spiritual chickens as materials are completely independent of each other, and the recipes using second-level spiritual chickens as materials.

The same is true for the first-order blue water turtle and the second-order blue water turtle.

This suddenly opened up a new direction for him.

If he gets some formulas like Rare Chicken, which are only developed to the first level but not the second level, then does it mean that he can just cultivate them into the second level spiritual beasts and then research the corresponding refining? Method, is this a new recipe?

If this is feasible, it means that he can continue to submit new recipes to the sect and gain merit!

Maybe you won't get a lot of merit, but you will definitely earn more than working in the spiritual food ministry.

Of course, there are still many benefits to being in the spiritual food department. In addition to helping his practice, it also helps a lot in improving his spiritual food skills.

"However, if this is the case, the beast control aspect cannot be lost."

Wang Hao quickly grasped the key point in his mind.

Only when he is successful in controlling beasts can he more easily cultivate higher-level spiritual beasts, thereby transforming the existing spiritual food recipes and dedicating them to the sect to reflect on the sect's merits.

With meritorious deeds, on the one hand, he can purchase cultivation resources, and on the other hand, he can also obtain more spiritual food prescriptions from the scripture library, thereby obtaining more new prescriptions, thus forming a closed loop.

"If you say that, Master is right. The trip to Beast Peak does seem to need to be taken seriously."

Wang Ba thought for a while and did not contribute these three prescriptions immediately. Instead, he chose to leave the Wanxiang Scripture Library.

The Scripture Library True Spirit did not stop it.

But not long after Wang Ba left.

On the lowest floor of the five-story tower of the Wanxiang Sutra Library, a bald female cultivator who was walking slowly among many jade slips and scrolls suddenly stopped. A wordless scroll quietly appeared in front of her. .

On the scroll, a line of writing quietly appeared.

"A disciple has collected three brand new spiritual food recipes, but has not contributed..."

The bald female cultivator looked at the writing on the page with a hint of surprise on her face.

She couldn't help but curiously stretched out her hand and opened the page.

As the manager of the first and second floors of the Wanxiang Scripture Library, she has the authority to see many things.

The page of the book was opened, and an ordinary-looking figure of a monk was projected out.

"It's him?"

The bald female cultivator showed a strange expression and remembered some information about the other party.

"Disciple of the Master of Wanfa Peak..."

"But only foundation building."

The bald female cultivator shook her head slightly and closed the page of the book casually.

He's just a foundation-building monk, nothing to pay attention to.

…

After half a month, the Spiritual Food Department will be closed for holidays.

Wang Haoxu stood in front of a mountain peak that was far taller and wider than the surrounding mountains.

Outside the mountain peak, there is an invisible barrier that wraps the entire mountain peak.

One after another, the sounds of birds and beasts roaring could be faintly heard, coming from deep within the mountain peaks.

The peak of the mountain is flat, and there are simple houses on the top. The number is obviously more than that of Wanfa Peak. Even from the outside, you can see many spiritual beasts on the top of the mountain.

And below, the mountain peaks were like pillars, and a slender black body covered with scales was coiled on the mountainside. As if it had noticed something, the black body swam slowly, and soon a huge black horned dragon head emerged from behind the mountain. Slowly reaching out, there were two scarlet eyes as big as a house, staring at Wang Ba quietly.

At this moment, Wang Yan's scalp went numb!

"This is a ghost-eyed chi, you'd better not look into its eyes too much."

A voice with a hint of unfriendly tone suddenly sounded from not far away.

When Wang Bao heard this, he quickly turned his head and looked at the sound.

Then he saw a young monk with a bit of a boyish air standing not far away, looking at Wang Yan with a bit of resentment in his eyes.

Wang Hao didn't notice this, but he was slightly moved when he saw a black snake wrapped around the opponent's waist.

The aura of this black snake has reached the third-level mid-grade. The scarlet snake was hesitant and immediately hid in the opponent's waist.

Wang Hao raised his head and saw the other party, a smile appeared on his face, and he raised his hand and saluted:

"Junior Brother Mo."

This person is none other than Mo Qi, a disciple of Qi Yan with the Beast Control Pulse.

Mo Qi turned around and said angrily:

"Master knows you are coming, so he ordered me to wait for you here. Come with me."

Wang Hao was slightly stunned, not sure why the other party had such an attitude towards him, but he was here to learn the skills of controlling beasts, so he didn't care too much about it.

Immediately, he followed Mo Qi and flew towards the peak.

On the top of the peak, there were more than ten monks of different ages and auras. Most of them were interacting with their spirit beasts at the moment. Seeing Wang Ba behind Mo Qi, his eyes were slightly curious, but even if he turned around again, His attention was devoted to the spirit beasts in front of him, and the eyes looking at these spirit beasts were full of love and affection.

It seems that for these monks, spiritual beasts are everything to them.

Wang Ba looked at this scene and found it strange.

Although he was good at cultivating spiritual beasts, except for a few spiritual beasts, he didn't pay too much attention to them.

There is no way, there are too many spiritual beasts to deal with, and there is really no more emotion to give them.

His eyes swept over the spiritual beasts around him.

Dozens of third-level spiritual beasts with smart eyes, and several fourth-level spiritual beasts with eyes that look the same as those of humans...

He stayed on those fourth-order spirit beasts for a while longer.

So far in his practice, he has never seen a fourth-level spiritual beast.

So it feels quite fresh.

Mo Qi had no intention of staying. He took Wang Yan and walked directly into a house that looked quite simple in appearance.

Walking to the house, Mo Qi said respectfully:

"Master, Senior Brother Wang has already brought it."

Wang Ba quickly followed suit and saluted:

"Wang Bao pays homage to Uncle Qi."

In the house, a slightly cold voice came:

"Well, come in."

Feeling the other party's cold attitude, Wang Yan's expression remained unchanged, he pushed the door open and walked in without being humble or overbearing.

Mo Qi was about to enter, but was stopped by the voice:

"Mo Qi, go and make some tea."

When Mo Qi heard this, a trace of disappointment suddenly flashed in his eyes, but he immediately said respectfully:

"yes."

Wang Ba walked into the room.

Unexpectedly, I discovered that the room was not as simple as it looked outside. Instead, it was much more spacious and gorgeous.

Jade walls, golden roofs, bead curtains and jade walls...

A gray-haired middle-aged man sat high on a jade futon, his eyes slightly closed.

It was Qi Yan who was known as the number one beast master in the Yuan Ying Realm within the sect.

Wang Ba quickly saluted again: "I've met Master Qi."

"Um."

Qi Yan slowly opened his eyes, nodded slightly coldly, and did not hide his thoughts:

"Senior Brother Yao asked you to come to study with me, but I actually don't agree with it."

Wang Ba's face was slightly stagnant, but he did not speak, but listened quietly.

He had heard about the other party's attitude towards him from Tang Ji before, so he was already prepared.

Qi Yan said coldly:

"Without practicing the "Ying Jing" of my beast peak, even if you know some techniques and methods of controlling beasts, it will be difficult to cultivate top spiritual beasts."

"But Senior Brother Yao spoke in person, and I gave him a face. The current plan that suits you is to study the principles of controlling beasts deeply, and to control beasts with 'reasons'. There is no shortcut, and the cost will be several times the cost." For monks who focus on beast-controlling veins, in short, while Mo Qi can cultivate a third-order top-grade spiritual beast on his own, you may not be able to cultivate a third-order mid-grade spiritual beast. This is the gap."

"If you still want to learn, I will try my best to teach you."

"If you feel you don't want to waste time, you can leave now."

When Wang Hao heard this, he looked slightly solemn.

Qi Yan's meaning is very simple, that is, Wang Yan has not practiced the technique of controlling the beast veins, so he can only learn the techniques, but not the real method of controlling the beast veins.

If you want to cultivate spiritual beasts, you can only rely on your understanding of the way to control beasts. There is no shortcut like a true monk of the way to control beasts.

In this way, the time and energy spent will be far more than that of the monks who control the beast veins.

But again, Wang Yan didn't care too much about the consumption of time.

So his choice is very simple:

"Come back to Uncle Qi, Wang Hao is willing!"

Qi Yan looked at Wang Yan and nodded unconsciously.

…

Shaoyin Mountain.

Mission Hall.

A figure quietly landed on the square.

He had long black hair and was wearing a large robe, with bulging muscles vaguely visible.

However, his appearance did not attract the attention of anyone in the square.

It was as if no one could see him at all.